Phoenix

06.

"Outer space!" Jin frowned hard, "you are saying it is an alien communication? I mean a message from the aliens?"

"I think so," Arya nodded in response.

"Absurd," Jin shook his head left and right.

"I collected all related data. This signal was received by their deep space probe-Voyager 2. It is now out of this galaxy. NASA even located the source of this signal through a very complex process. It came from Cadmium galaxy, almost 200 thousands lightyear afar from the earth."

"How does this signal come this far?" Jin still wasn't believing Arya's words that much.

"Maybe they used any booster," Arya just shook her shoulder quietly, "don't ask me the explanation- I don't know how it works anyway. I just know that this sound wave was encrypted in a very low frequency. You know low pitch sound can cover a very long distance!"

"It is unbelievable," Jin commented calmly, "Are you sure It is not any type of scam?"

"I don't think so," Arya shook her head, "if it was meant to be a scam, NASA would be already up on television, declaring their historic discovery, whatever it might be, at least it is their biggest proof of the existence of Alien!"

"When was this signal received?"

"Almost 24 hours now. I checked their electric logbook. It came from Voyager 2."

"So you do not doubt its source?"

"No. The Americans already started their research. One copy of the signal has been sent to area 51. One team of space scientists has already started working on their top-secret computer system under Airforce. But I think they should declare the news to the world. The more they delay, the more the risk of losing credits to others."

"Why?" Jin frowned.

"All of NASA's space-based probes' and satellite transmissions have been monitored by every developed country for ages. I assure you, all of them have already got a copy of this signal and the started their research by now. At the end of the day, he who will declare first will be the owner of the credits." Arya smiled wickedly.

"You said they received it 24 hours ago, then why are they still silent about it?"

"They are just waiting to be sure. It is a huge matter anyway!" Arya whistled unmindedly, "If it turns out to be a scam, they'd be in trouble. And there is the issue of finding the meaning of the message too..."

"Meaning?"

Arya chuckled, "What is the value of an alien signal if there isn't any meaning to it?"

"I saw you were just looking at some random pattern!" Jin smiled a little.

"Not random patterns," Arya smiled, "a visual copy of the sound. Tried to see if there is any pattern in the intensity and pitch. I am not understanding anything only by hearing. So it is the only way." She tapped on Jin's hand, "let me show you."

Typing something on the keyboard, Arya brought back the previous page on the screen. Jin just stared at the programming language on the screen without understanding a single word of it. He wasn't an expert. So these patterns and the hieroglyph all were the same to him.

On the other hand, Arya was looking at these intently, taking notes here and there, scrolling down when she was done without sparing a moment to look at her surroundings.

"You understand any of these?" Jin frowned.

Arya chuckled and shook her head left and right, "nope. How can I understand something only by reading which was supposed to be a sound? But I can read it. It is like writing Chamorro with the Korean alphabet. You can read it, but can't understand the meaning. What am I doing is seeing if there is any common pattern in it."